Copy-holder



(No Model.) I

R. W. BLOEMEKE.

COPY HOLDER.

Patented Dec. 11, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD \V. BIIOEMEKE, OE NEIVARK, NEIV JERSEY.

COPY-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,449, dated December 11, 1888.

Application filed August 22, 1888. Serial No. 283,443. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RICHARD W. 'BLOEMEKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Copy or Note Book Holders for 'lype-IVriting Machines, Caligraphs, or the Like; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in copy or note book holders for type-writin machin es, eal igraphs, or the like, and is designed to furnish a (levice of this general character simple in construction, effective in operation, readily Inanipulated, and inexpensive in point of manufacture. To the accomplishment of these ends I have devised the arrangement illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 represents (partially broken away) a front elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation thereof, and Fig. 3 represents a plan view showin more fully my preferred manner of attaching the device to a type-writing machine of a familiar style.

Similar numerals of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the reciprocating carriage of a typewriting machine provided with the ordinary impression and feed rollers, 2 and 3, and the paper-supporting guide I, the latter being shown in dotted lines.

Upon the rear and side bars of the carriage 1 is mounted a stiff frame, 5, of stout rigid wire, said frame being preferably of quadrangular form, as shown, and of sufficient width to conveniently span the paper-sup porting guide 4. The frame 5 rests at its lower ends, (3 7, upon the rear bar of the carriage 1, and has side projections, 8 9, extending outwardly along said rear bar and bent at right angles to form the arms 1O 11, which rest upon the side bars of the carriage. At the ends of the arms 10 ll are formed the loops 12 13, said loops being adapted to receive the set-screws 14 15, which, passing through the loop-openings and into the side bars of the carriage, clamp the frame 5 se eurely thereto. The set-screws ll- 15 have milled heads, whereby they may be readily loosened, and thereby permit the removal of the entire copy-holder from the machine.

In front of the rigid frame 5 is arranged a similar frame, In, which may, if desired, carry a flexible marker, 17, adapted to be moved up or down to indicate the position of the line of writing next to be printed. At. its lowcrcnds the frame 11; is wrapped in several close convolutions, lb 11), about the side projections, S 9, of the rigid frame 5, thereby forming torsion-springs, permitting the frame 10 to be rocked forward, so as to allow of the insertion of thc copy between it and the rigid frame 5.

The outcror free ends of the torsion-springs 18 19 are connected rigidly to the side projections, b J, of the frame 5. This may be convenimitly effected by passing said ends through nuts in 21, squared, splincd, orotherwise fixedly mounted against rotation upon said side projections. It is evident, however, that the said free ends of the torsion-springs 18 19 may be rigidly connected in any other manner to the said side projections, is E).

The surfaces of contact of the frames 5 and lb, or one of said surfaces, are preferably provided with a covering of rubber or the like, so as to increase the friction between the frames, thereby lessening or entirely obviating liability of the copy slipping out of place.

111 the drawings l have illustrated the frame 5 as provided with a uniform covering of this character, although, if desired, the rubber might be spaced upon the said frame with good results.

The frame 5 is provided at its lower portion with a cross-bar of wire atlixed at both ends to the said frame and arranged at a sufficient height above the paper-supporting guide I to permit the ty1.)c-\\"riter paper to pass freely beneath it. This cross-bar 32 gives additional rigidity to the frame 5, and is also used as a support upon which to rest the back of a stenographcrs note-book or the likc, t he leaves of the book being held between 1he two frames.

The mode of operation of the invention is obvious from the description of parts hereinbefore given. The front frame, 16, is rocked forward on its torsion-springs 18 19 in order to insert the copy between it and the back frame, 5, and is then released, whereupon it rocks backward, clamping the copy firmly in position until removed by a subsequent oper ation.

It is manifest that the copy-holder may be advantageously employed without the marker 17, cross-bar 22, or covering of rubber or the like, although, for the reasons set fort-h herein, I prefer to employ these features of construction. The outline or contour of the frames may also be varied within wide limits without departing from the spirit of my invention. The device might, moreover, be permanently instead of removably attached to the typewriting machine, although the latter construction will be found more desirable, especially in those instances where the type-writer is attached to a desk or cabinet the cover of which Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. The combination, with a type-writing machine, of a copy or note book holder consisting of a wire frame, 5, having a covering of rubber or the like and spanning the papersupporting guide a of said machine, said frame 5 having basal projections S 9 1O 11, loops 12 13, and set-screws 14 15, whereby it may be removably connected to the reciprocating carriage, asimilar wire frame, 16, carrying a marker, 17, and having basal convolutions 18 19 wound about the projections 8 9, the free ends of said convolutions being held against rotation, and a cross-piece, 22,

connected to the lower part of the frame 5 above the paper-supporting guide 4, substantially as described.

2. A holder of the kind "described, consisting of two upright parallel frames connected together at'their bases by spring-connection, one of said frames having a covering of rubber or the like upon its clamping-surface, substantially as described.

3. A holder of the kind described, consisting of a rigid frame provided at its lower portion with a cross-piece serving as a rest for the back of a book and a second frame held against the first by spring-connection, substantially as described.

4. A holder of the kind described, consisting of a wire frame, 5, having basal projections, whereby it may be attached to a support, and a corresponding wire frame, 16, having basal convolutions wound about the projections of the first frame, the free ends of said convolutions being held again st rotation, substantially as described.

5. A holder of the kind described, consistin g of a wire frame, 5, having basal projections 8 9 10 11, whereby it may be attached to a support, and a similar frame, 16, having convolutions wound about the projections 8 9, the free ends of said convolutions heing held against rotation, substantially as described.

6. A holder of the kind described, consisting of a wire frame, 5, having a covering of rubber or the like, said frame having basal projections S 9 1O 11, loops 12 13, and setscrews 14 15, whereby it may be removably connected to a support, a similar wire frame, 16, having basal convolutions 18 19 wound about the projections 8 9, the free ends of said convolutions being held against rotation, and a cross-piece, 22, connected to the lower part of the frame 5 and serving as a rest for the back of a note-book, substantially as described,

RICHARD 'W. BLOEMEKE.

Vitnesses:

ALBERT C. BLoEMEK SoLoMoN K. OSBORN. 

